Christina Aguilera GQ
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Christina Aguilera is planning to tour jazz clubs to promote Back to Basics, GQ's June cover story reveals. And to hear Etta James — a blues legend who calls Aguilera both a friend and "a great little singer" —tell it, the young vocalist will have no problem holding her own in places such as New York's renowned Blue Note. "She's headed for the pop market, but she can do everything," James told GQ. "She's like somebody that was born at another time. An old soul." Like James, Aguilera has supportive words for singers who have come after her. "I think Kelly Clarkson has a really powerful voice," she said. "She's really good." ... - mtv
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Christina Aguilera has set an August 15 release date for her first album in four years.
The album, entitled "Back to Basics," will see Aguilera pay tribute to soul, jazz and blues from the 1920s, '30s and '40s.
The new album is the follow-up to 2002's "Stripped."
The first single from the album, 'Ain't No Other Man', will be released digitally on 12 June.
Other tracks set for the album include "Save Me From Myself" (dedicated to Aguilera's new husband, Jordan Bratman), "Candy Man," "I Got Trouble," "Thank You" (which features bits of prior Aguilera hit "Genie a Bottle") and "Still Dirrty."
